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Is it worth it?

Bloomfield Cottage and the former Roadmen’s Cottages, near Ancrum, Roxburghshire, £220,000 o/o

What it is: A traditional Victorian stone house in a half-acre garden with two public rooms, two bedrooms and a loft bedroom. However, it is being sold with a separate plot of about quarter of an acre that has development potential. The main cottage is in need of modernisation, but is fundamentally sound and could be inhabited immediately. The Roadmen’s cottages have been used for no more than rough storage for some years and would require considerable work before they were fit for habitation. They will also require planning permission for any substantial works. Bloomfield is a tiny village, some two miles from Ancrum. It is an area that is infused with ancient history — a Caledonian fort and a monastery once existed nearby, for example.